Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-21
southern states really have nearly 100, 600
square miles more of resource than the

southern states really have nearly 100, 00t
square miles more of resource than thu
nor'h
-. These southern states can producs
everything the north can produce, jaat
cotton snd sugar and rice aud juta and
Tamie which the north calnot, cam caTry
on all outdoor business one-hfthF Longer
and at one-ffth less climatic dissdvan-
tage Of fuel, fodder Of late planning and
early harvesting, their water power Is
equal, the uavigsble waters equal, sgd
the advantage OF G better coast sbippiHg
q territory really in evsTy GesReet one
fifth more valuable, one-ffth more cspRbIe
of supporting civilizatonS2and CT sdevslz
opment for wealth, .aIid Jet the total
population, white ard coloUed, IS but
half that TO the sguarGdnile ofathe nortK
! The north having in Is8O, 2es534 1879 IA
h2oitants, while the souEh had 1873,
O52.
The assessed valuation of the real es-
tate Of the north was also ST. ,063, G02, -
l49, or over six times greater than that
q the sOuthera states, which was but
! SI,8S7, 4G6, O33
The value Of the land to each inhabi-
taDt at the north was 1925, while with
double the amount 20 each inhabitant
in the south the value IVES but SI38.
Each owner of 100 ceres at the north
could sell at auction and buy 500 st the
south, while at the same time each five
acres 1t the south is Enthusiastically worth
six scres of the north for all practical
purposes.
TIE personal property Of the northern
states was 81, 222, S56, 94G or $3.50 TO each
inha6itant, while at the south Il was but
S975 $50, sos or only $40 to each person,
although the population was but hai TO
the square mile of that Of the north, and
each inha0itsnt had double the number Of
acres.
At the north the land was assessed at o
valuation of 22,3l0 per square mile, and
al the south S39Gl per square mile or less
than one-ffth that of the north, and yet
with the same cultivation and develop
ment T.. industries the south would be
worth one-tifth more or six times its pres
eDt value.
The total assessed valuation of the six
teen northern states with 495, $50 square
miles was SIS, 26G AL ,092, or $50, $50 per
square mile, while at the south the total
assessed valuation of 476,4g5 square
miles was S3,7G8, 500, 90, but S7909 per
square mile, or one-iourth that Of the
northern states.
This shows the opportunity awaiting
for the Investment of capital and the re
suits Of the development awaiting that
country when the same industrial aCtiy-
ity shall have been reached. a land
worth but S,7GS, $50, $40, will then be
worth Sic, GI7, 125, 600 or an increase OF
nearly 500 per cent. AS Illustrations
further of the opportunity for increase Of
wealth from the industrial development
of the south, the assessed valuation per
acre of Massachusetts, IS 1897 while that
Of Georgia is but 50, anu yet Georgia has
every natural advantage Il Massachus it's.
Why this difference? Simply the want
of az energetic, systematic attention to
the development of the natural resources
Ct the country. In part the railway has
MADE the difference es there were in the
southern states in 1880, l6 $50 miles, and
in the northern states Il, G22 miles. IN
! 1886 the milesgc ii the north was 81, 544
! against u 4G7 IL the southern states,
| showing an opportunity Tor an increase il
! population Of double the present TO cor
respond with the north, and tue invest
ment of capital and the development Of
! agriculture, mines, water power and
manufactures Of five times Whist at
| present exists, acd still have no sharper
! competition than now exists st the north.
WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS?
The question may well be asked what
are the prospects and What is doing to
occupy and develop this new land?
| These southern states have every sdvan-
! tSgc which is possessed in the north,
every product Of mine and raw material,
| iron ore and coal and raw cotton nearer
! to hand, Of hemp and lutte and ramie, not
now PRODUCED, every advantage of sugar
production in cane and sorghum much
| greater than the north. OF wool and mo-
hair and silk fully equal, while the de-
msnd for new railways is equal to the
north, and the cost of building and work
ing less and the receipts greater.
Attention is turning TO part Of these
Industrial opportunities, but by no
means to all Of them or to the extent de-
mended.
/. In Sugar growing the whole south
may probably adept the sorghum cane
as g source of sugar and grow it and
produce sugar in competition with all
the world. Fifty million dollars in ma
chinery may safely be put in st once
with the purchase Of 100000 acres OF
land.
=. IL lutte culture there is a new in
NuSlry OF Ct IeaSJ ldt Jn6L extent WNlCE
should BE aJ once established.
3. In rGmie is anetner, while in hemp,
fax, mohair, raw silk product ana manu-
tacture, are other industries Of untold
wealth. All of these may be again
doubled in ten years.
The south is the natural home of all
these industries and they are in every
way as practicable, and may be as profit
ahle a. Gotten growing and cotton manu-
featuring
The increase of 81, ZOO, 600, OCO a year in
the rise in valuation and the new indus
trial development Of the south for the
next ten years is by no means an iinprob-
able outlook, at the same time there
should be million j year increase III
population.
In new railway building, 10 iron and
steel production, IN cotton manufacture
and in 8 few cities the increase of lesser |
industries is being attended TO. but in |
the agricultural products, in recovering
and developing the fertility of the land, |
in restoring its condition and extending |
the production Of provisions, and in the |
estsb ishment of thousands of the lesser !
industries which diversity employment |
and increase the ability of mans hand |
Q nd ovtnniiDu hic yupr,S "a b,,. /